Conference 2017

Translation and Disruption: Global and local perspectives

Saturday 4 November 2017

Since Clayton Christensen’s seminal book Innovator's Dilemma showed how a small-scale but innovative digital technology can overthrow large established businesses overnight, the idea of digital disruption has been causing both excitement and concern in businesses worldwide, from financial and legal services to entertainment distribution and the taxi industry. The world of translation is not immune to such upheavals and the notion of digital disruption is useful for understanding changes in translation practice.

We will be publishing a number of papers on translation and disruption in the thematic section of Revista Tradumàtica in December 2018. You may want to submit your paper for review and consideration for inclusion in this issue.

Further information

Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, the lead sponsor), the European Commission (EC), the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Portsmouth.